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The waves of deactivations on the ground stations have already started. We're on a trajectory of GPS over-reliance. https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/nav
by aaronfitz 5y ago
The waves of deactivations on the ground stations have already started. We're on a trajectory of GPS over-reliance.
https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/navigation/the-faa-is-shutting-down-308-vors/ https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/navigation/the-faa-i...
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/may/23/vor-shutdown-update https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/may/23/vor...
- dwheeler 5y agoBad idea. Relying on any single technology creates a nasty single point of failure. GPS signals are weak signals from satellites & obviously can be jammed.
- ericpauley 5y agoThe VOR MON is structured to provide a usable (for safety purposes) backstop should GPS fail, so from a safety perspective this isn’t making us more reliant.
- throw0101a 5y agoFrom the first (2016) article: > 10 years from now, the network of VORs will be about 68% the size it currently is. So they're cutting about one-third of the VORs by the end of the phase out.